The Sd.Kfz.261 5.Serie chassis work has slowed down pending the arrival of other parts. The gearbox is already restored and awaiting fitting. The differential requires…
A reference point The Fahrgestell (chassis) for the Foundation’s Sd.Kfz.261 5.Serie is currently in scope. A major feature still present on our Fahrgestell and missing…
Ventilschutzkappe – The Missing Picture! Part 4 of Stahlblech-Scheibenrad was posted on 17th June 2021. There we covered the stamped notations on the wheel rims…
All of the available parts have been located and fitted where necessary to the Sd.Kfz.261 5.Serie. Some of the smaller missing parts are in the…
Dunkirk Survivor? Given that approximately only 3000 of the nearly 20,000 Brens which went to France actually came back from Dunkirk, our example almost certainly…
Jagdpanther 411 Video To Debut At Tankfest We were delighted to host James Holland and his TV crew here at the Weald Foundation a few…
Reassembly of the Sd.Kfz.261 5.Serie chassis continues. This work is painstaking and the list of parts required with images is included in this week’s edition…
The reassembly of the chassis for the Foundation’s Sd.Kfz.261 5.Serie project is now well underway. This Horch chassis is official designated as Einheitsfahrgestell I für…
A significant acquisition Besides active restoration projects the Weald Foundation is constantly searching out various parts and accoutrements for forthcoming projects such as our two…
The assembly fitting of parts that make up the Sd.Kfz.261 5.Serie continued this week. This is being done with the aid of period parts books,…
The Weald Foundation is delighted to announce that it has acquired for our research archive the significant German section of the original photographs of the…
Then there were two Although the Foundation has not reported on progress with our South African Reconnaissance Cars for some time there has been excellent…
In the Final Assembly/ Machining Centre the big news of the week was the maiden run of our Sd.Kfz.222 4.Serie 3.5 liter Horch V8 engine.…
A Significant Difference! Collecting the round Radpanzer for the Sd.Kfz.222 4.Serie presented the Foundation with a much bigger challenge than those for the earlier Sd.Kfz.223…
Very few of the surviving wartime period Renault FTs have the original oilers remaining in position. Images from the period are never enough for items…
Part 1 of our Inside Track article – Introduction to Radpanzer (armoured wheel cover) was published quite some years ago, in March 2017. This followed…
We hosted the historian James Holland here at the Foundation early in the week. The focus of him and his production crew was on the…
The Dunkelgrau (Dark Grey) Conundrum Members will recall the Inside Track article about the paint treatment of the 3.5 liter Horch V8 engines and how…
The lubrication lines were fitted to the chassis of the Sd.Kfz.222 4.Serie replacing the damaged or badly aged examples. The spacers and bolts were fitted…
Tread Carefully Last year, in Part 1 to 4 of our Inside Track article le.Pz.Sp.Wg. Einheitsfahrgestell I – Stahlblech-Scheibenrad – Wheel Rims, we covered the…
As members will already know the Foundation has two South African Reconnaissance Car (SARC) (Marmon-Herrington) Mark III awaiting restoration. As usual, years of research work…